The number of hypertensive patients has doubled in 30 years

Statistical data published by the scientific journal The Lancet indicates that the number of people with high blood pressure worldwide has doubled over the past thirty years.

According to these data, the number of people aged 30 to 79 with high blood pressure has increased from 650 million to 1.28 billion in the past 30 years. According to a study by Imperial College London and the World Health Organization.

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The researchers note that half of these people did not know they had high blood pressure.

According to the researchers, “This study covered the period 1990-2019 and included the use of data on the measurement and treatment of blood pressure for 100 million people aged 30 to 79 years in 184 countries where almost 99% of people live. world population”.

The researchers found that during the years 1990-2019, the general level of high blood pressure had hardly changed, but its prevalence had shifted from rich countries to poor and middle-income countries. “As a result, in 2019, Canada, Peru and Switzerland had the lowest prevalence of hypertension in the world, while the highest rates were among women in the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Paraguay, and among men in Hungary, Paraguay and Poland. ”

According to the researchers, “Although the percentage of people with high blood pressure has not changed much since 1990, their number has doubled (1.28 billion people). The reason is mainly due to the growth and aging of population.”

Researchers indicate that more than half of people with the disease (53 percent of women and 62 percent of men), a total of 720 million people, have not received the necessary treatment.

Source: RIA Novosti

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